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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Energy efficiency measures"”.
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The investigation of energy efficiency measures in traditional buildings in the Oporto World Heritage Site
Background The improvement of energy efficiency in buildings is widely promoted as a measure to mitigate climate change through the reduction of CO2 emissions. Thermal regulations worldwide promote it, for both new and existing buildings. Among the existing stock, traditional and historic buildings …
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Reducing industrial energy costs through energy efficiency measures in the South African foundry industry - evaluation and opportunities of a South African foundry
Due to lack of generation capacity and high energy intensities South Africa's electricity supplier is forced to shut down high energy users frequently. Power cuts as well as escalating electricity prices threaten the country's steel industry. The objective of this study was to identify …
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Toward zero net energy buildings : optimized for energy use and cost
Recently, there has been a push toward zero net energy buildings (ZNEBs). While there are many options to reduce the energy used in buildings, it is often difficult to determine which are the most appropriate technologies to implement. To reach zero energy, some designs extensively rely on the use …
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Simulation and Analysis of Energy Consumption for Two Complex and Energy intensive Buildings on UMD Campus
… and are among the highest consumers of energy on the UMD campus. Building energy analyses used to identify energy efficiency measures to optimize energy efficiency in the buildings. Detailed building energy models were developed in EnergyPlus and OpenStudio that sought to mimic current …
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Industrial Energy Efficiency: Exploring Synergies with Industry 4.0 Technologies at Operational Level
Energy management is crucial for reducing energy consumption and enhancing competitiveness and sustainability in industrial organizations. However, research gaps exist, concerning energy management and its impact at the shop floor level, integrating production resources and operational performance. …
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Assessment of energy and cost effectiveness in retrofitting existing buildings
… contribute to a large proportion of total energy end-use worldwide; indeed, buildings account for 40% of the total energy consumption and for 36% of CO2 emissions in the European Union. The sector is expanding, which is bound to increase its energy consumption. In order to reduce the …
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Thermal properties of granular silica aerogel for high-performance insulation systems
… projects provide substantial opportunities for energy efficiency measures, but they represent only a small portion of the building stock. Conversely, while existing buildings are plentiful, they typically have a much narrower range of feasible energy efficiency options. Therefore, there will …
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Residential energy efficiency lighting initiatives : a case of Hlomendlini, Matatiele of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
… is presented on the efficacy of the residential energy efficient lighting initiative, as part of the demand-side management in a rural village of Hlomendlini in the Eastern Cape. The focus of this thesis is to identify barriers of implementing CFLs in the South African context, with the aim of …
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Optimising energy efficiency finance in emerging economies in Southeast Asia
… public and private sector efforts to optimise energy efficiency finance initiatives in an emerging country context, using Thailand as a case study. Demand-side energy efficiency measures could significantly reduce pressures on energy systems in emerging economies in Southeast Asia while at the …
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Simulation and Analysis of Energy Consumption for an Energy-Intensive Academic Research Building
… research facility. This thesis describes an energy analysis and simulation study that serves to identify energy saving opportunities and optimum operation of the building to achieve its goals of high energy efficiency and substantial CO2 emission reduction. A utility analysis, including a …
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Housing, health and affordable warmth: an investigation into the link between fuel poverty risk and the health of older people
… evaluating outcomes of investment III domestic energy efficiency and affordable warmth: a complex, multi-disciplinary problem. First government references to fuel poverty were peripheral to environmentally driven energy conservation targets, designed primarily to reduce carbon dioxide emissions …
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Diagnosi Energetica dell’Azienda Ospedaliera “G.Brotzu”
… hospitals, are known to be among the most energy intensive. The cause lies in the large amount of energy needed to cope with the demands of medical equipment and to provide the best quality of air conditioning. Therefore, energy efficiency measures could allow achieving important economic …
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Building energy retrofit strategies in community housing in British Columbia
… housing buildings in BC to determine how energy performance varies between them and what factors may affect energy usage. This study also examined the costs and benefits of different retrofit scenarios. To this end, I used a mixed-method approach, including desktop research, quantitative …
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Retrofitting the domestic built environment: investigating household perspectives towards energy efficiency technologies and behaviour
… presents an excellent opportunity to improve its energy performance. However, retrofitting homes is a complex challenge conflated by multiple factors. Due to this complexity, a shortfall exists between the full potential and realised adoption of energy efficiency measures in the UK, a phenomenon …
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Win-Win-Win? Evaluating the Climate, Health, and Equity Benefits of Retrofitting Low Income Housing in the US
Large scale energy efficiency and electrification of the US residential sector are needed to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming below two degrees Celsius. Energy efficiency retrofits can also provide significant health and economic benefits, especially for low-income residents. These …
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Paths to Achieving Scope 1 Carbon Neutrality in Building Utilities
… 1 carbon neutrality while balancing operational efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and strategic priorities. The research evaluates 11 categories of decarbonization solutions, encompassing energy efficiency measures, alternative and renewable energy sources, with an emphasis on their technical …
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Causes and implications of socio-ecomic differentiation in residential energy efficiency retrofitting.
… any demand reduction brought about by energy efficiency was undetectable against the changes caused by price and temperature variations. This thesis provides evidence of disproportionately low insulation retro-fitting rates in upper quartile income homes and suggests two predominant …
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Load-based energy savings in three-phase squirrel cage induction motors
Energy is an extremely valuable resource which should be used carefully. After realizing this in the 1990's DOE started various energy efficiency measures in order to reduce the energy consumed by US industry. Motors use almost 50 percent of the electricity in the United States. If motor efficiency …
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Optimal pathway towards building EPC rating improvements align with building energy performance certificate programme
… for commercial buildings to improve their Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings by efficiently adopting Energy Efficiency Measures (EEMs). With buildings contributing approximately 40\% of global energy consumption and 36\% of carbon dioxide emissions, enhancing energy performance is …
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Towards Net Positive and Nearly Zero Carbon Residential Neighborhoods
… residential buildings consume 16.6% of the total energy and are responsible for producing 12.7% of greenhouse gas emissions. The presented research aims to enhance the high-performance solar neighborhood’s design process to achieve overall net-zero energy status, reduce the energy, and carbon …
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